The 1890 Wimbledon Championships was a combined men's and women's
tennis
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tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the
All England Lawn Tennis Club
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, also known as the All England Club, based at Church Road, Wimbledon, London, England, is a private members' club. It is best known as the venue for the Wimbledon Championships, the only Grand Slam t ...
in
Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon () is a district and town of Southwest London, England, southwest of the centre of London at Charing Cross; it is the main commercial centre of the London Borough of Merton. Wimbledon had a population of 68,187 in 2011 which includes ...
, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 30 June until 7 July.
[2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little (The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London)] It was the 14th staging of the
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...
, and the first
Grand Slam
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* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
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tennis event of 1890.
Bonham Carter Evelegh took over as referee from
Julian Marshall
Julian Marshall (24 June 1836 – 21 November 1903) was an English music and print collector, tennis player and writer.
Life
Marshall was born in Headingley, Yorkshire to a flax-spinning family.#Faflak, Faflak & Wright, p. 51 His father, John ...
.
[100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977)] The rule for
change-overs was altered to after every odd game.
There were 30 competitors for the men's singles and only four competitors for the women's singles, the smallest entry ever for any competition at Wimbledon.
The final of the women's singles competition, which started on 2 July, was played on 5 July, while the men's singles final was played on 7 July and the men's doubles were played on 21–23 July.
Finals
Men's singles
Willoughby Hamilton
Willoughby Hamilton (born as James Willoughby Hamilton; 9 December 1864 – 27 September 1943) was a co-world No. 1 Irish male tennis player, a footballer and international badminton player.
Tennis career
Hamilton played his first tournament ...
defeated
William Renshaw
William Charles Renshaw (3 January 1861 – 12 August 1904) was a British tennis player active during the late 19th century, who was ranked world No. 1. He won twelve Major titles during his career. A right-hander, he was known for his pow ...
, 6–8, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Women's singles
Lena Rice
Helena Bertha Grace "Lena" Rice (21 June 1866 – 21 June 1907) was an Irish tennis player (then a British home nation) who won the singles title at the 1890 Wimbledon Championships. She is to date the only female player from Ireland ever to wi ...
defeated
May Jacks
May Jacks was a British tennis player at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1890 she was the losing finalist in the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Championship, being defeated by Lena Rice 6–4, 6–1.
Only four competitors entered, the smallest ...
, 6–4, 6–1
Men's doubles
Joshua Pim
Dr Joshua Pim FRCSI (20 May 1869 – 15 April 1942) was a medical doctor and Irish amateur tennis player. He won the Wimbledon men's singles title two years in a row, in 1893 and 1894, and was ranked British number one in both those years. He ...
/
Frank Stoker
Francis Owen Stoker (29 May 1867 – 8 January 1939) was an Irish tennis and rugby union player.Fran Cotton (ed.) ''The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records'' (Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. 1984. )[ ...]
defeated
George Hillyard
George Whiteside Hillyard (6 February 1864 – 24 March 1943) was a male tennis player from the United Kingdom. Under his supervision as secretary of the All England Club from 1907 to 1925, the Wimbledon Championships moved to its current site ...
/
Ernest Lewis, 6–0, 7–5, 6–4
References
External links
Official Wimbledon Championships website
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Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...
June 1890 sports events
July 1890 sports events